Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists Has Been a Runaway Success. Why Is the Government so Nervous About Expanding It? | Novara Media
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After the pandemic ravaged its cultural sector, Ireland gave 2,000 artists £1,226 a month for three years. The government is now expanding the pilot, but it’ll still only benefit 3% of Irish artists. What’s stopping the Oireachtas? Ellen McVeigh reports.

A woman with long black hair and black glasses sitting at a desk amid pieces of artwork.In early 2022, Elinor O’Donovan was living in Cork, working part-time as a receptionist, and dedicating the rest of the week to her work as a visual artist. “I was tentatively interested in doing what I do as a career,” O’Donovan told me. “I had had some funding from the Arts Council [of Ireland], so […]

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